to "weekends with alex witt." let's get to what's happening out west. accusations of a cover-up are flying today as the fallout continues over the benghazi attacks. politicians are whether they edited talking points. republican congressman darrell issa defended the investigation on "meet the press." >> you're saying that administration officials are these political advisers to the president, nonpolitical appointees, bullied the cia into saying what the political advisers in the white house wanted them to say? >> david, we're not making charges. >> you just said the cia had to back down and david petraeus said what the white house wanted to say. those are very serious. >> those are not the starting talking points, the ending talking point. we are not reaching every conclusion. the fact is we want the facts, we're entitled to the facts, the american people were effectively lied to, for a period of about a month. that's important to get right. >> joining me from the white house is nbc peter alexander. with a good sat